Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 239 339
Rank change year-on-year -109 +100 -31
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 589 653 634
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.54% 1.31% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 1.48% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 279 278 331
10th Percentile £36,750 £45,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,750 £59,027 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £72,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.96% +3.21% +3.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,875 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £61,750
% change year-on-year -4.00% +1.21% -5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 80,423 44,076 65,401
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.05% 88.58% 80.81%
Number of salaries quoted 55,931 25,099 39,866
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,341
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.38% -6.10%
75th Percentile £79,938 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £51,350
% change year-on-year +15.79% -7.50% -5.93%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 3 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 3 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -103 516 £60,000 -16.96% 1,792
London -15 324 £67,500 -15.63% 1,307
Work from Home +16 226 £60,000 -14.29% 673
UK excluding London -195 198 £60,000 -4.00% 671
North of England -28 58 £60,850 -18.87% 151
North West +1 37 £75,000 +7.14% 99
South East -146 36 £38,500 -38.40% 154
Midlands -46 34 £48,500 -19.50% 84
South West -78 28 £68,000 +13.33% 101
West Midlands -29 25 £48,500 -17.45% 53
East of England -41 24 £65,000 -9.72% 63
Yorkshire -54 19 £57,500 -25.81% 35
Scotland +12 12 £77,500 -4.62% 71
East Midlands -24 9 £37,500 -50.00% 31
Wales -62 3 £65,000 +8.59% 7
Northern Ireland -91 3 - - 43
North East - 2 £90,000 - 17

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 37 (6.28%) Confluence
2 15 (2.55%) CMS
3 14 (2.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 10 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.51%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.17%) Apache
6 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.17%) Drupal
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.17%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.17%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 52 (8.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 26 (4.41%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.85%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.85%) Moqups
6 3 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.17%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 38 (6.45%) Workfront
2 8 (1.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.68%) Shopify
4 3 (0.51%) Distributed Ledger
4 3 (0.51%) iTrent
4 3 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.34%) Fidessa
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.17%) Eikon
6 1 (0.17%) Magento
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.17%) RMDS
6 1 (0.17%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 81 (13.75%) AWS
2 80 (13.58%) SaaS
3 52 (8.83%) iPaaS
4 51 (8.66%) Azure
5 18 (3.06%) GCP
6 16 (2.72%) Google Workspace
7 13 (2.21%) Figma
7 13 (2.21%) Power Platform
8 12 (2.04%) GitHub
9 11 (1.87%) GitHub Copilot
10 10 (1.70%) Anthropic Claude
10 10 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.19%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (0.85%) Copilot Studio
13 5 (0.85%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.85%) Zapier
14 4 (0.68%) Amazon Bedrock
14 4 (0.68%) Asana
14 4 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 60 (10.19%) Broadband
2 33 (5.60%) HTTP
3 10 (1.70%) Firewall
3 10 (1.70%) WAN
4 7 (1.19%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.02%) LAN
6 5 (0.85%) DNS
6 5 (0.85%) Network Security
7 4 (0.68%) DHCP
7 4 (0.68%) Multicast
7 4 (0.68%) NGN
7 4 (0.68%) NX-OS
7 4 (0.68%) SAN
8 3 (0.51%) Intranet
8 3 (0.51%) MPLS
8 3 (0.51%) VSAT
8 3 (0.51%) WLAN
9 2 (0.34%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.34%) Skype
9 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (9.17%) Metadata
2 12 (2.04%) Power BI
3 8 (1.36%) Big Data
4 6 (1.02%) BigQuery
4 6 (1.02%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.68%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.34%) Mixpanel
7 2 (0.34%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.17%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.17%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.17%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.17%) MySQL
8 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.17%) Redis
8 1 (0.17%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 62 (10.53%) JIRA
2 11 (1.87%) Git
3 10 (1.70%) Claude Code
4 8 (1.36%) Selenium
5 6 (1.02%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.85%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.85%) Postman
7 4 (0.68%) GitLab
7 4 (0.68%) JUnit
8 2 (0.34%) TestNG
9 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
General
1 188 (31.92%) Marketing
2 186 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 185 (31.41%) Finance
4 92 (15.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 92 (15.62%) Law
5 89 (15.11%) Banking
6 87 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
7 61 (10.36%) Presentation Skills
8 58 (9.85%) Retail
9 47 (7.98%) Influencing Skills
10 31 (5.26%) Legal
10 31 (5.26%) Public Sector
11 28 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (3.74%) Manufacturing
13 17 (2.89%) Telecoms
14 13 (2.21%) Back Office
14 13 (2.21%) Italian Language
15 12 (2.04%) Publishing
16 11 (1.87%) Electronics
16 11 (1.87%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 165 (28.01%) Product Manager
2 84 (14.26%) Lead
3 73 (12.39%) Product Owner
3 73 (12.39%) Senior
4 48 (8.15%) Software Engineer
5 38 (6.45%) Senior Manager
6 34 (5.77%) Development Engineer
6 34 (5.77%) Software Development Engineer
7 32 (5.43%) Lead Software Engineer
8 31 (5.26%) Senior Product Manager
9 20 (3.40%) Product Lead
10 18 (3.06%) Consultant
11 15 (2.55%) Development Manager
12 14 (2.38%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (2.38%) Technical Manager
13 13 (2.21%) Platform Manager
13 13 (2.21%) Technical Engineer
14 12 (2.04%) Support Engineer
14 12 (2.04%) Technical Support
14 12 (2.04%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (6.79%) REST
2 20 (3.40%) Terraform
3 15 (2.55%) Google Maps API
4 14 (2.38%) React
5 11 (1.87%) HTML
6 9 (1.53%) LangChain
7 8 (1.36%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.36%) TensorFlow
8 7 (1.19%) Spring
9 6 (1.02%) Pandas
9 6 (1.02%) Spring Boot
9 6 (1.02%) XML
10 5 (0.85%) CrewAI
10 5 (0.85%) CSS
10 5 (0.85%) LlamaIndex
11 4 (0.68%) FIX Protocol
11 4 (0.68%) Node.js
11 4 (0.68%) NumPy
11 4 (0.68%) Oracle Fusion
11 4 (0.68%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 197 (33.45%) Product Ownership
2 65 (11.04%) Social Media
3 53 (9.00%) Marketing Technology
3 53 (9.00%) Over-the-Top Content
4 38 (6.45%) Public Cloud
5 35 (5.94%) Cloud Native
6 33 (5.60%) AI Agents
7 29 (4.92%) Onboarding
8 19 (3.23%) Management Information System
9 16 (2.72%) Augmented Reality
9 16 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (2.55%) Virtual Reality
11 14 (2.38%) Web Conferencing
12 12 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (2.04%) Enterprise Cloud
13 11 (1.87%) Blog
13 11 (1.87%) Driving Licence
14 10 (1.70%) Data Centre
15 9 (1.53%) Educational Technology
15 9 (1.53%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.55%) Linux
2 12 (2.04%) Windows
3 4 (0.68%) Unix
4 3 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.17%) Android
5 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.17%) CentOS
5 1 (0.17%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (59.59%) Roadmaps
2 252 (42.78%) Agile
3 175 (29.71%) Product Roadmap
4 153 (25.98%) AI
5 143 (24.28%) Decision-Making
6 136 (23.09%) Product Vision
7 128 (21.73%) Continuous Improvement
8 126 (21.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 124 (21.05%) Customer Experience
10 115 (19.52%) User Stories
11 113 (19.19%) Product Backlog
12 107 (18.17%) Problem-Solving
13 90 (15.28%) Software Engineering
14 87 (14.77%) Product Strategy
15 85 (14.43%) Product Requirements
16 83 (14.09%) Analytics
17 79 (13.41%) Sprint Planning
18 78 (13.24%) User Experience
19 75 (12.73%) Matrix Organization
20 74 (12.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (8.66%) Java
2 39 (6.62%) Python
3 13 (2.21%) SQL
3 13 (2.21%) TypeScript
4 12 (2.04%) JavaScript
5 10 (1.70%) C++
6 6 (1.02%) Bicep
6 6 (1.02%) PowerShell
6 6 (1.02%) R
7 3 (0.51%) Bash
7 3 (0.51%) C#
7 3 (0.51%) MATLAB
7 3 (0.51%) PHP
8 2 (0.34%) Perl
9 1 (0.17%) C
Qualifications
1 142 (24.11%) Degree
2 37 (6.28%) Master's Degree
3 25 (4.24%) MBA
3 25 (4.24%) Security Cleared
4 21 (3.57%) SC Cleared
5 15 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.53%) HND
6 9 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (1.53%) PhD
7 8 (1.36%) HNC
8 7 (1.19%) CCNA
8 7 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (1.19%) CSPO
8 7 (1.19%) PMI Certification
8 7 (1.19%) PMP
9 5 (0.85%) MCSE
10 4 (0.68%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.51%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.51%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 3 (0.51%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.62%) QA
2 22 (3.74%) Accessibility
3 9 (1.53%) GDPR
4 8 (1.36%) PMO
4 8 (1.36%) SLA
5 7 (1.19%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.68%) PERC
7 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.34%) DICOM
7 2 (0.34%) GRC
7 2 (0.34%) HL7
7 2 (0.34%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (1.70%) Docker
2 6 (1.02%) Firmware
2 6 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.85%) vSphere
4 4 (0.68%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.51%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (1.70%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.02%) FortiGate
3 3 (0.51%) WSUS
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.17%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.17%) Ansible
5 1 (0.17%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.17%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 56 (9.51%) Adobe
2 48 (8.15%) Microsoft
3 28 (4.75%) Salesforce
4 25 (4.24%) Google
5 17 (2.89%) Facebook
5 17 (2.89%) OpenAI
6 14 (2.38%) Cisco
7 12 (2.04%) Workday
8 11 (1.87%) Oracle
9 6 (1.02%) Juniper
9 6 (1.02%) VMware
10 5 (0.85%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.68%) FIS
11 4 (0.68%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.51%) Aderant
12 3 (0.51%) Fujitsu
12 3 (0.51%) iManage
12 3 (0.51%) Reuters
12 3 (0.51%) ServiceNow
12 3 (0.51%) Starlink